In the book, Three Philosophies of Life, Peter Kreeft composes many ideas regarding the meaning of life by explaining Ecclesiastes, which is a book of the bible traditionally credited to king Solomon. This piece of writing is considered to be scripture of wisdom and consists primarily of reflections on vanity of human life and deciding whether life is worthwhile. Kreeft argues that Ecclesiastes is the best philosophical book in the bible, not because it is simple, direct, and artless, but because the philosophical ideas within are the greatest ever constructed.
Solomon believed that life was full of vanity and clearly stated this in his work, Ecclesiastes. He believed that life was “useless”, “profitless” and “meaningless” meaning that there …show more content…
Humans have yet to answer the biggest and most obvious question of life: “What are we here for?” (33, Kreeft). Over the course of time, people have come up with a few different theories in an attempt to answer this question. Kreeft believes that people of the this day and age, are distracted from this big question by being overwhelmed with many smaller ones. He claims that this is why humans never have time to think of the answer to the ultimate question. Kreeft also mentions that since people of the present have no answers, people begin to call it, unanswerable or abstract, thinking that it is just a “dream or a private fantasy”. Another point he makes is that humans will never be able to answer this question, because simply, no one is interested enough. People would rather focus on ways to making money and having sex than take time out of their days for deep reflection on life. People sometimes tend to avoid this big question because it makes them unhappy. Realizing that their lives don’t matter is too negative of a thought for them to endure. People would rather stay away from the truth and think positively. The reason why we tend to stay away from deep, meaningful questions, Kreefts professes, is because the larger the question, the more frightful and uncertain the answer will
Solomon believed that life was full of vanity and clearly stated this in his work, Ecclesiastes. He believed that life was “useless”, “profitless” and “meaningless” meaning that there …show more content…
Humans have yet to answer the biggest and most obvious question of life: “What are we here for?” (33, Kreeft). Over the course of time, people have come up with a few different theories in an attempt to answer this question. Kreeft believes that people of the this day and age, are distracted from this big question by being overwhelmed with many smaller ones. He claims that this is why humans never have time to think of the answer to the ultimate question. Kreeft also mentions that since people of the present have no answers, people begin to call it, unanswerable or abstract, thinking that it is just a “dream or a private fantasy”. Another point he makes is that humans will never be able to answer this question, because simply, no one is interested enough. People would rather focus on ways to making money and having sex than take time out of their days for deep reflection on life. People sometimes tend to avoid this big question because it makes them unhappy. Realizing that their lives don’t matter is too negative of a thought for them to endure. People would rather stay away from the truth and think positively. The reason why we tend to stay away from deep, meaningful questions, Kreefts professes, is because the larger the question, the more frightful and uncertain the answer will